Jim Pearce

This place is DEAD....

There doesn't seem to be a video about his opinion on the China Study. Wish he'd do one on that.

I'm a Dr Carvalho follower now. And I'm not so sure he was wrong about anything. In fact, I doubt he was.

Kinda bummed. It was more fun believing what I wanted to believe. Oh well..

I have been watching a lot of Gil Carvalho's videos since you told me about them. I like to have someone who seems trustworthy that doesn't just say what I want to hear! THANKS, McCoy!

I can recognize that weight does affect blood pressure and cholesterol. I've had my weight creep up 15 pounds while eating wfpb, and when it does, my cholesterol and triglycerides creep up too. But those chest pains that used to radiate up my left shoulder and down my left arm that felt like my arm was in a vise that kept being tightened far beyond the point that caused pain did not and would not go away until I went totally plant based.

I'll home in on just one of these arguments. Starting Jan 1, 2015, I avoided all foods with a high glycemic index and focused on eating only foods low in sugar. I ate a lot of boiled eggs and chicken nuggets. I lost 110 pounds eating that way. My insulin resistance disappeared and I was no longer diabetic. But my blood pressure and my cholesterol shot up and my severe chest pains weren't noticeably better. So my direct experience conflicts with Dr Carvalho's assertion that these improvements could also be simply an artifact of weight loss. After I read "How Not To Die" and began a wfpb lifestyle, my blood pressure and my cholesterol dropped. My chest pains are now just a memory. Weight loss didn't do that. My personal experience tells me Dr Carvalho is *wrong* about that.

I don't believe the cherry picking allegations. He frequently points out the flaws in some studies when they're funded by commercial interests that have a lot to gain by distorting the truth. The dairy people, the egg board, and the many people representing big meat can fund all the studies they want and I'm absolutely not interested in a thing they have to say.

That was not directed at anyone in particular...it's just that I believe I would be very much worse off today if not for him.

Read it. If you don't read his books, why should anyone consider your criticisms?

Strawberries, prunes, dates, quaker lightly salted rice cakes.

I'm a bigger fan of Michael Greger

I like him but I'm not a fan of the whiskers. Who wants to look older? Why? How can one be an advocate for anti aging while wearing a beard as long as "old man time"? We can't even tell if he looks young for his age or not. SHAVE THE BEARD!

I realize now I'm not likely to outlive Adventists by much if any, even though I will still watch for any findings that make Olshanski's conclusions less of a certainty. My family has people living on the SAD making it to 90, though, so I think I'll stay positive about having a realistic *hope* of seeing 100.

The NIA monkeys in the control group that were fed a healthy diet but moderately calorie restricted. I wonder how their lifespan compared to the ad libitum monkeys that were fed a crappy diet, because I think the ad libitum monkeys that were fed a crappy diet are representative of most average Americans. That may give us some indication of how we might fare compared to them.